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Arsene Wenger leads tributes to ex-Arsenal and Chelsea coach Dermot Drummy, who has died aged 56

Arsene Wenger led the tributes to the former Arsenal and Chelsea academy coach Dermot Drummy, most recently manager of League Two Crawley Town, who died on Monday, aged 56. Drummy oversaw a golden generation of Chelsea academy talent, winning the club’s first FA Youth Cup in 49 years in 2010 as one of its most experienced and shrewd coaches. A former youth team player at Arsenal he had a good career in non-league before discovering a talent for nurturing the new generation of talent and returning to Arsenal in 1999 as a coach. Chelsea academy graduates including Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Nathaniel Chalobah paid tribute to Drummy on Twitter. Chalobah said Drummy had “changed the life of so many young boys at Chelsea”. At Arsenal, Drummy also had a hand in bringing through the likes of Ashley Cole and Jack Wilshere Speaking at Arsenal’s training ground, Wenger said: “It was a complete surprise. It’s very sad. He was very, very much appreciated here. He did an excellent job. He left us for Chelsea at the time because he had a good proposal there. We were sad to lose him because he was competent, he was well liked by everybody and respected by everybody. "He was a sensitive man as well, it’s very difficult to understand what happened. His life was on the pitch and certainly he was very unhappy not to be on it anymore.” Dermot Drummy was head coach of Crawley Town for 13 months Credit: Getty Images Antonio Conte, who arrived at Chelsea after Drummy left the club, said his death was “a big loss”. He said: “It's not easy to work with the young players, especially off the pitch, to teach them about life. We are sorry [to hear about this]. This person was very important for this club.” Drummy also had a major influence on the careers of coaches at Chelsea including Swansea City manager Paul Clement as well as junior team coaches Joe Edwards and Jody Morris. You changed the life of so many young boys at Chelsea. Taught us how to become men in the game. You will be truly missed Derm. ��— Nathaniel Chalobah (@chalobah) November 28, 2017 Drummy had been studying for the League Manager’s Association diploma in football management and his death was unexpected. Chelsea flags flew at half-mast at their training ground at Cobham on Tuesday and the team will wear black armbands in their home game against Swansea City on Wednesday. Absolutely shocked to hear this news. Great person and a great coach. RIP Dermot �� pic.twitter.com/gFgSZZnlrr— Nathan Aké (@NathanAke) November 27, 2017

Arsene Wenger leads tributes to ex-Arsenal and Chelsea coach Dermot Drummy, who has died aged 56

Arsene Wenger led the tributes to the former Arsenal and Chelsea academy coach Dermot Drummy, most recently manager of League Two Crawley Town, who died on Monday, aged 56. Drummy oversaw a golden generation of Chelsea academy talent, winning the club’s first FA Youth Cup in 49 years in 2010 as one of its most experienced and shrewd coaches. A former youth team player at Arsenal he had a good career in non-league before discovering a talent for nurturing the new generation of talent and returning to Arsenal in 1999 as a coach. Chelsea academy graduates including Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Nathaniel Chalobah paid tribute to Drummy on Twitter. Chalobah said Drummy had “changed the life of so many young boys at Chelsea”. At Arsenal, Drummy also had a hand in bringing through the likes of Ashley Cole and Jack Wilshere Speaking at Arsenal’s training ground, Wenger said: “It was a complete surprise. It’s very sad. He was very, very much appreciated here. He did an excellent job. He left us for Chelsea at the time because he had a good proposal there. We were sad to lose him because he was competent, he was well liked by everybody and respected by everybody. "He was a sensitive man as well, it’s very difficult to understand what happened. His life was on the pitch and certainly he was very unhappy not to be on it anymore.” Dermot Drummy was head coach of Crawley Town for 13 months Credit: Getty Images Antonio Conte, who arrived at Chelsea after Drummy left the club, said his death was “a big loss”. He said: “It's not easy to work with the young players, especially off the pitch, to teach them about life. We are sorry [to hear about this]. This person was very important for this club.” Drummy also had a major influence on the careers of coaches at Chelsea including Swansea City manager Paul Clement as well as junior team coaches Joe Edwards and Jody Morris. You changed the life of so many young boys at Chelsea. Taught us how to become men in the game. You will be truly missed Derm. ��— Nathaniel Chalobah (@chalobah) November 28, 2017 Drummy had been studying for the League Manager’s Association diploma in football management and his death was unexpected. Chelsea flags flew at half-mast at their training ground at Cobham on Tuesday and the team will wear black armbands in their home game against Swansea City on Wednesday. Absolutely shocked to hear this news. Great person and a great coach. RIP Dermot �� pic.twitter.com/gFgSZZnlrr— Nathan Aké (@NathanAke) November 27, 2017

If I can survive, I'm doing ok! - Harry Kewell on his coaching journey

Crawley Town boss and former Liverpool midfielder Harry Kewell admits he wasn't ready to take on a job in the Premier League, stating he is learning every day whilst managing in League Two.

If I can survive, I'm doing ok! - Harry Kewell on his coaching journey

Crawley Town boss and former Liverpool midfielder Harry Kewell admits he wasn't ready to take on a job in the Premier League, stating he is learning every day whilst managing in League Two.

If I can survive, I'm doing ok! - Harry Kewell on his coaching journey

Crawley Town boss and former Liverpool midfielder Harry Kewell admits he wasn't ready to take on a job in the Premier League, stating he is learning every day whilst managing in League Two.

FA Cup first round draw: Hyde United (eighth tier) host MK Dons

7:28PM And that's the draw The excitement is over! No more balls will be drawn! Morecambe vs Hartlepool is pretty good, Doncaster will visit either East Thurrock or Ebsfleet. Hyde vs MK Dons is a brilliant tie for the minnows. I was really hoping for a Slough vs Swindon draw, purely for Office quotes. 7:25PM Eighth tier Hyde will play MK Dons! The crowd goes wild in the BBC studio as the draw is announced. That's the big club the players wanted. 7:24PM Lads, can we please have some music Or something. This draw is not one of the most exciting things I've ever seen on television. That Liverpool vs Man Utd game on Saturday was more entertaining. 7:21PM AFC Wimbledon vs Lincoln City AFC Wimbledon are one of the clubs to have benefited immensely from TV money brought by the FA Cup and they are drawn against Lincoln City. 7:19PM Some more fixtures for you Peterborough Utd v Tranmere Cambridge Utd v Sutton Utd Forest Green Rovers v Macclesfield Town AFC Fylde v Kidderminster Harriers Luton v Portsmouth Shrewsbury v Aldershot Hereford v AFC Telford Utd Guiseley v Accrington Stanley Blackburn Rovers v Barnet 7:16PM No huge match ups so far Bradford City v Chesterfield Port Vale v Oxford Utd Newport County v Walsall Morecambe v Hartlepool Utd 7:14PM And it's set of balls number eight And Lancelot is the FA Cup draw machine for tonight. What a hilarious National Lottery joke. And the first fixture is Stevenage vs Nantwich or Kettering. IT'S ALL KICKING OFF NOW, CLIVE. 7:12PM Your Davids, your Goliaths Hyde, Heybridge Swifts and Ossett Town are the lowest ranked teams in the competition, with all three occupying the eighth tier of English football. 7:10PM David Sharpe The Wigan chairman, grandson of Dave Whelan, fancies Wigan's chances this season. And now it's time for the draw! 7:05PM Who do the small teams want to get in the draw? According to a couple of Hyde football staff (manager and player), the management want to play against a team they can probably beat whereas the players want to draw Blackburn or Charlton - one of the 'big' clubs. Hyde actually own the record for biggest defeat in the FA Cup. A 26-0 hiding (see what I did) by Preston North End. 7:00PM The live coverage begins! Here we go. The draw is being held at Hyde United's ground. Look how cool their sun was earlier: Red sun today. FA Cup draw at Hyde United. Is that an omen. #EmiratesFACuppic.twitter.com/LoZ27mZjKW— Hyde United FC (@hydeunited) October 16, 2017 6:47PM The difference the FA Cup actually makes I wrote this in January about just how much an FA Cup run is worth to a small club. It turns out the answer is everything. The FA awards a prize of £1.8million to the winners of the competition, the kind of short-change a Champions League club might use as a sweetener for a promising youth prospect’s signing-on fee. For non-league side Curzon Ashton just qualifying for the second round of the competition will, and has, had an enormous impact. Image Landscape Portrait Square Original/Custom Edit Selected Crop... Caption: Description: curzon ashton Agency: GETTY IMAGES Artist: Edit... Delete “It means so much to us a club,” says their CEO Natalie Atkinson. “The FA Cup is enabling us, through prize money, funds gained and TV money to work with the FA and football foundations to replace our 3G pitch next to the stadium.” Curzon Ashton, currently 15th in the National League North, lost 4-3 to AFC Wimbledon in December, conceding four goals in the final 10 minutes of the game. The prize for qualifying for the second round was £27,000, in addition to £18,000 earned from the first round. Those sucker-punch goals prevented a windfall of £67,500 for making it to third round. However, thanks to the wonder of television money, the club received more for their defeat to Wimbledon than they would have if they’d won a non-televised second round match. There's more on the article, if you fancy clicking on it. 6:30PM The magic of the cup This most holy of trophies always produces magical moments and even if a guilty few/most don't pay attention to the competition until their team is involved, those matches between minnows of the lower leagues and giants of... in this case, League One, are always thoroughly enjoyable. Sutton are looking to make a lot more money from another (pie free) run at the cup this year, Accrington Stanley's involvement will be upping the YouTube view count on this milk advert, and today is the first time I have ever heard of Gainsborough Trinity. Perhaps they will become my new favourite non-league - maybe they'll be yours! It all depends who has to play who - and which of those games the people in charge at BBC decide to broadcast... 6:15PM Good evening! Hello there sports fans. Welcome to our live coverage of what is sure to be a riveting FA Cup first round draw. The action will kick-off at 7:10pm and we'll keep you up to date with the draw as it happens. For right now, that wait should give you time to look at all the nice photographs of that weird looking sun from earlier today. It was like being in Blade Runner. 6:09PM Preview What is it? It's the draw for the first round proper of the FA Cup: the oldest competition in world football. The first round sees the 48 teams from League One and League Two joined by 32 non-league sides. When is it? Monday October 16. What time is it? The draw itself will begin at 7:10pm on Monday evening. The first round of the FA Cup will take place on Saturday November 4 Credit: AP What TV channel is it on? The draw will be broadcast live on both BBC Two and BT Sport. Mark Chapman will present the BBC's coverage of the draw in half-hour long episode from 7pm, while BT Sport 3's show will also begin at 7pm. When will the matches take place? The first round will take place over the weekend of Friday November 3 to Monday 6 November 2017 Who's in the hat? Sutton United made it to the fifth round of the FA Cup last season Credit: Getty Images Three teams from the eighth tier of English football are among the non-league teams in the hat for the first round. Hyde United, who play in the Northern Premier League, beat Scarborough Athletic on Sunday afternoon to book their place in the competition. Hampton and Richmond, who are coached by Sky Sports commentator Martin Tyler, failed in their bid to reach the FA Cup proper after losing to National League South rivals Truro City. Truro's 2-0 victory over their league rivals means they become the first Cornwal team to reach the FA Cup first round since 1969. Billericay Town, whose current players include Jamie O'Hara, Paul Konchesky and Jermaine Pennant, will also take their place in the draw. FA Cup first round numbers 1 ACCRINGTON STANLEY 2 AFC WIMBLEDON 3 BARNET 4 BLACKBURN ROVERS 5 BLACKPOOL 6 BRADFORD CITY 7 BRISTOL ROVERS 8 BURY 9 CAMBRIDGE UNITED 10 CARLISLE UNITED 11 CHARLTON ATHLETIC 12 CHELTENHAM TOWN 13 CHESTERFIELD 14 COLCHESTER UNITED 15 COVENTRY CITY 16 CRAWLEY TOWN 17 CREWE ALEXANDRA 18 DONCASTER ROVERS 19 EXETER CITY 20 FLEETWOOD TOWN 21 FOREST GREEN ROVERS 22 GILLINGHAM 23 GRIMSBY TOWN 24 LINCOLN CITY 25 LUTON TOWN 26 MANSFIELD TOWN 27 MILTON KEYNES DONS 28 MORECAMBE 29 NEWPORT COUNTY 30 NORTHAMPTON TOWN 31 NOTTS COUNTY 32 OLDHAM ATHLETIC 33 OXFORD UNITED 34 PETERBOROUGH UNITED 35 PLYMOUTH ARGYLE 36 PORT VALE 37 PORTSMOUTH 38 ROCHDALE 39 ROTHERHAM UNITED 40 SCUNTHORPE UNITED 41 SHREWSBURY TOWN 42 SOUTHEND UNITED 43 STEVENAGE 44 SWINDON TOWN 45 WALSALL 46 WIGAN ATHLETIC 47 WYCOMBE WANDERERS 48 YEOVIL TOWN 49 TRANMERE ROVERS 50 SOLIHULL MOORS OR OSSETT TOWN 51 HARTLEPOOL UNITED 52 SHAW LANE ASSOCIATION 53 CHORLEY OR BOSTON UNITED 54 AFC TELFORD UNITED 55 GAINSBOROUGH TRINITY 56 NANTWICH TOWN OR KETTERING TOWN 57 GATESHEAD 58 GUISELEY 59 AFC FYLDE 60 KIDDERMINSTER HARRIERS 61 HYDE UNITED 62 MACCLESFIELD TOWN 63 BRACKLEY TOWN OR BILLERICAY TOWN 64 DAGENHAM & REDBRIDGE OR LEYTON ORIENT 65 HEREFORD 66 ALDERSHOT TOWN 67 BATH CITY OR CHELMSFORD CITY 68 OXFORD CITY 69 MAIDENHEAD UNITED 70 HEYBRIDGE SWIFTS 71 WOKING OR CONCORD RANGERS 72 TRURO CITY 73 DOVER ATHLETIC OR BROMLEY 74 SLOUGH TOWN 75 DARTFORD 76 BOREHAM WOOD 77 MAIDSTONE UNITED OR ENFIELD TOWN 78 LEATHERHEAD 79 SUTTON UNITED 80 EAST THURROCK UNITED OR EBBSFLEET UNITED

FA Cup first round draw: Hyde United (eighth tier) host MK Dons

7:28PM And that's the draw The excitement is over! No more balls will be drawn! Morecambe vs Hartlepool is pretty good, Doncaster will visit either East Thurrock or Ebsfleet. Hyde vs MK Dons is a brilliant tie for the minnows. I was really hoping for a Slough vs Swindon draw, purely for Office quotes. 7:25PM Eighth tier Hyde will play MK Dons! The crowd goes wild in the BBC studio as the draw is announced. That's the big club the players wanted. 7:24PM Lads, can we please have some music Or something. This draw is not one of the most exciting things I've ever seen on television. That Liverpool vs Man Utd game on Saturday was more entertaining. 7:21PM AFC Wimbledon vs Lincoln City AFC Wimbledon are one of the clubs to have benefited immensely from TV money brought by the FA Cup and they are drawn against Lincoln City. 7:19PM Some more fixtures for you Peterborough Utd v Tranmere Cambridge Utd v Sutton Utd Forest Green Rovers v Macclesfield Town AFC Fylde v Kidderminster Harriers Luton v Portsmouth Shrewsbury v Aldershot Hereford v AFC Telford Utd Guiseley v Accrington Stanley Blackburn Rovers v Barnet 7:16PM No huge match ups so far Bradford City v Chesterfield Port Vale v Oxford Utd Newport County v Walsall Morecambe v Hartlepool Utd 7:14PM And it's set of balls number eight And Lancelot is the FA Cup draw machine for tonight. What a hilarious National Lottery joke. And the first fixture is Stevenage vs Nantwich or Kettering. IT'S ALL KICKING OFF NOW, CLIVE. 7:12PM Your Davids, your Goliaths Hyde, Heybridge Swifts and Ossett Town are the lowest ranked teams in the competition, with all three occupying the eighth tier of English football. 7:10PM David Sharpe The Wigan chairman, grandson of Dave Whelan, fancies Wigan's chances this season. And now it's time for the draw! 7:05PM Who do the small teams want to get in the draw? According to a couple of Hyde football staff (manager and player), the management want to play against a team they can probably beat whereas the players want to draw Blackburn or Charlton - one of the 'big' clubs. Hyde actually own the record for biggest defeat in the FA Cup. A 26-0 hiding (see what I did) by Preston North End. 7:00PM The live coverage begins! Here we go. The draw is being held at Hyde United's ground. Look how cool their sun was earlier: Red sun today. FA Cup draw at Hyde United. Is that an omen. #EmiratesFACuppic.twitter.com/LoZ27mZjKW— Hyde United FC (@hydeunited) October 16, 2017 6:47PM The difference the FA Cup actually makes I wrote this in January about just how much an FA Cup run is worth to a small club. It turns out the answer is everything. The FA awards a prize of £1.8million to the winners of the competition, the kind of short-change a Champions League club might use as a sweetener for a promising youth prospect’s signing-on fee. For non-league side Curzon Ashton just qualifying for the second round of the competition will, and has, had an enormous impact. Image Landscape Portrait Square Original/Custom Edit Selected Crop... Caption: Description: curzon ashton Agency: GETTY IMAGES Artist: Edit... Delete “It means so much to us a club,” says their CEO Natalie Atkinson. “The FA Cup is enabling us, through prize money, funds gained and TV money to work with the FA and football foundations to replace our 3G pitch next to the stadium.” Curzon Ashton, currently 15th in the National League North, lost 4-3 to AFC Wimbledon in December, conceding four goals in the final 10 minutes of the game. The prize for qualifying for the second round was £27,000, in addition to £18,000 earned from the first round. Those sucker-punch goals prevented a windfall of £67,500 for making it to third round. However, thanks to the wonder of television money, the club received more for their defeat to Wimbledon than they would have if they’d won a non-televised second round match. There's more on the article, if you fancy clicking on it. 6:30PM The magic of the cup This most holy of trophies always produces magical moments and even if a guilty few/most don't pay attention to the competition until their team is involved, those matches between minnows of the lower leagues and giants of... in this case, League One, are always thoroughly enjoyable. Sutton are looking to make a lot more money from another (pie free) run at the cup this year, Accrington Stanley's involvement will be upping the YouTube view count on this milk advert, and today is the first time I have ever heard of Gainsborough Trinity. Perhaps they will become my new favourite non-league - maybe they'll be yours! It all depends who has to play who - and which of those games the people in charge at BBC decide to broadcast... 6:15PM Good evening! Hello there sports fans. Welcome to our live coverage of what is sure to be a riveting FA Cup first round draw. The action will kick-off at 7:10pm and we'll keep you up to date with the draw as it happens. For right now, that wait should give you time to look at all the nice photographs of that weird looking sun from earlier today. It was like being in Blade Runner. 6:09PM Preview What is it? It's the draw for the first round proper of the FA Cup: the oldest competition in world football. The first round sees the 48 teams from League One and League Two joined by 32 non-league sides. When is it? Monday October 16. What time is it? The draw itself will begin at 7:10pm on Monday evening. The first round of the FA Cup will take place on Saturday November 4 Credit: AP What TV channel is it on? The draw will be broadcast live on both BBC Two and BT Sport. Mark Chapman will present the BBC's coverage of the draw in half-hour long episode from 7pm, while BT Sport 3's show will also begin at 7pm. When will the matches take place? The first round will take place over the weekend of Friday November 3 to Monday 6 November 2017 Who's in the hat? Sutton United made it to the fifth round of the FA Cup last season Credit: Getty Images Three teams from the eighth tier of English football are among the non-league teams in the hat for the first round. Hyde United, who play in the Northern Premier League, beat Scarborough Athletic on Sunday afternoon to book their place in the competition. Hampton and Richmond, who are coached by Sky Sports commentator Martin Tyler, failed in their bid to reach the FA Cup proper after losing to National League South rivals Truro City. Truro's 2-0 victory over their league rivals means they become the first Cornwal team to reach the FA Cup first round since 1969. Billericay Town, whose current players include Jamie O'Hara, Paul Konchesky and Jermaine Pennant, will also take their place in the draw. FA Cup first round numbers 1 ACCRINGTON STANLEY 2 AFC WIMBLEDON 3 BARNET 4 BLACKBURN ROVERS 5 BLACKPOOL 6 BRADFORD CITY 7 BRISTOL ROVERS 8 BURY 9 CAMBRIDGE UNITED 10 CARLISLE UNITED 11 CHARLTON ATHLETIC 12 CHELTENHAM TOWN 13 CHESTERFIELD 14 COLCHESTER UNITED 15 COVENTRY CITY 16 CRAWLEY TOWN 17 CREWE ALEXANDRA 18 DONCASTER ROVERS 19 EXETER CITY 20 FLEETWOOD TOWN 21 FOREST GREEN ROVERS 22 GILLINGHAM 23 GRIMSBY TOWN 24 LINCOLN CITY 25 LUTON TOWN 26 MANSFIELD TOWN 27 MILTON KEYNES DONS 28 MORECAMBE 29 NEWPORT COUNTY 30 NORTHAMPTON TOWN 31 NOTTS COUNTY 32 OLDHAM ATHLETIC 33 OXFORD UNITED 34 PETERBOROUGH UNITED 35 PLYMOUTH ARGYLE 36 PORT VALE 37 PORTSMOUTH 38 ROCHDALE 39 ROTHERHAM UNITED 40 SCUNTHORPE UNITED 41 SHREWSBURY TOWN 42 SOUTHEND UNITED 43 STEVENAGE 44 SWINDON TOWN 45 WALSALL 46 WIGAN ATHLETIC 47 WYCOMBE WANDERERS 48 YEOVIL TOWN 49 TRANMERE ROVERS 50 SOLIHULL MOORS OR OSSETT TOWN 51 HARTLEPOOL UNITED 52 SHAW LANE ASSOCIATION 53 CHORLEY OR BOSTON UNITED 54 AFC TELFORD UNITED 55 GAINSBOROUGH TRINITY 56 NANTWICH TOWN OR KETTERING TOWN 57 GATESHEAD 58 GUISELEY 59 AFC FYLDE 60 KIDDERMINSTER HARRIERS 61 HYDE UNITED 62 MACCLESFIELD TOWN 63 BRACKLEY TOWN OR BILLERICAY TOWN 64 DAGENHAM & REDBRIDGE OR LEYTON ORIENT 65 HEREFORD 66 ALDERSHOT TOWN 67 BATH CITY OR CHELMSFORD CITY 68 OXFORD CITY 69 MAIDENHEAD UNITED 70 HEYBRIDGE SWIFTS 71 WOKING OR CONCORD RANGERS 72 TRURO CITY 73 DOVER ATHLETIC OR BROMLEY 74 SLOUGH TOWN 75 DARTFORD 76 BOREHAM WOOD 77 MAIDSTONE UNITED OR ENFIELD TOWN 78 LEATHERHEAD 79 SUTTON UNITED 80 EAST THURROCK UNITED OR EBBSFLEET UNITED

FA Cup first round draw: Hyde United (eighth tier) host MK Dons

7:28PM And that's the draw The excitement is over! No more balls will be drawn! Morecambe vs Hartlepool is pretty good, Doncaster will visit either East Thurrock or Ebsfleet. Hyde vs MK Dons is a brilliant tie for the minnows. I was really hoping for a Slough vs Swindon draw, purely for Office quotes. 7:25PM Eighth tier Hyde will play MK Dons! The crowd goes wild in the BBC studio as the draw is announced. That's the big club the players wanted. 7:24PM Lads, can we please have some music Or something. This draw is not one of the most exciting things I've ever seen on television. That Liverpool vs Man Utd game on Saturday was more entertaining. 7:21PM AFC Wimbledon vs Lincoln City AFC Wimbledon are one of the clubs to have benefited immensely from TV money brought by the FA Cup and they are drawn against Lincoln City. 7:19PM Some more fixtures for you Peterborough Utd v Tranmere Cambridge Utd v Sutton Utd Forest Green Rovers v Macclesfield Town AFC Fylde v Kidderminster Harriers Luton v Portsmouth Shrewsbury v Aldershot Hereford v AFC Telford Utd Guiseley v Accrington Stanley Blackburn Rovers v Barnet 7:16PM No huge match ups so far Bradford City v Chesterfield Port Vale v Oxford Utd Newport County v Walsall Morecambe v Hartlepool Utd 7:14PM And it's set of balls number eight And Lancelot is the FA Cup draw machine for tonight. What a hilarious National Lottery joke. And the first fixture is Stevenage vs Nantwich or Kettering. IT'S ALL KICKING OFF NOW, CLIVE. 7:12PM Your Davids, your Goliaths Hyde, Heybridge Swifts and Ossett Town are the lowest ranked teams in the competition, with all three occupying the eighth tier of English football. 7:10PM David Sharpe The Wigan chairman, grandson of Dave Whelan, fancies Wigan's chances this season. And now it's time for the draw! 7:05PM Who do the small teams want to get in the draw? According to a couple of Hyde football staff (manager and player), the management want to play against a team they can probably beat whereas the players want to draw Blackburn or Charlton - one of the 'big' clubs. Hyde actually own the record for biggest defeat in the FA Cup. A 26-0 hiding (see what I did) by Preston North End. 7:00PM The live coverage begins! Here we go. The draw is being held at Hyde United's ground. Look how cool their sun was earlier: Red sun today. FA Cup draw at Hyde United. Is that an omen. #EmiratesFACuppic.twitter.com/LoZ27mZjKW— Hyde United FC (@hydeunited) October 16, 2017 6:47PM The difference the FA Cup actually makes I wrote this in January about just how much an FA Cup run is worth to a small club. It turns out the answer is everything. The FA awards a prize of £1.8million to the winners of the competition, the kind of short-change a Champions League club might use as a sweetener for a promising youth prospect’s signing-on fee. For non-league side Curzon Ashton just qualifying for the second round of the competition will, and has, had an enormous impact. Image Landscape Portrait Square Original/Custom Edit Selected Crop... Caption: Description: curzon ashton Agency: GETTY IMAGES Artist: Edit... Delete “It means so much to us a club,” says their CEO Natalie Atkinson. “The FA Cup is enabling us, through prize money, funds gained and TV money to work with the FA and football foundations to replace our 3G pitch next to the stadium.” Curzon Ashton, currently 15th in the National League North, lost 4-3 to AFC Wimbledon in December, conceding four goals in the final 10 minutes of the game. The prize for qualifying for the second round was £27,000, in addition to £18,000 earned from the first round. Those sucker-punch goals prevented a windfall of £67,500 for making it to third round. However, thanks to the wonder of television money, the club received more for their defeat to Wimbledon than they would have if they’d won a non-televised second round match. There's more on the article, if you fancy clicking on it. 6:30PM The magic of the cup This most holy of trophies always produces magical moments and even if a guilty few/most don't pay attention to the competition until their team is involved, those matches between minnows of the lower leagues and giants of... in this case, League One, are always thoroughly enjoyable. Sutton are looking to make a lot more money from another (pie free) run at the cup this year, Accrington Stanley's involvement will be upping the YouTube view count on this milk advert, and today is the first time I have ever heard of Gainsborough Trinity. Perhaps they will become my new favourite non-league - maybe they'll be yours! It all depends who has to play who - and which of those games the people in charge at BBC decide to broadcast... 6:15PM Good evening! Hello there sports fans. Welcome to our live coverage of what is sure to be a riveting FA Cup first round draw. The action will kick-off at 7:10pm and we'll keep you up to date with the draw as it happens. For right now, that wait should give you time to look at all the nice photographs of that weird looking sun from earlier today. It was like being in Blade Runner. 6:09PM Preview What is it? It's the draw for the first round proper of the FA Cup: the oldest competition in world football. The first round sees the 48 teams from League One and League Two joined by 32 non-league sides. When is it? Monday October 16. What time is it? The draw itself will begin at 7:10pm on Monday evening. The first round of the FA Cup will take place on Saturday November 4 Credit: AP What TV channel is it on? The draw will be broadcast live on both BBC Two and BT Sport. Mark Chapman will present the BBC's coverage of the draw in half-hour long episode from 7pm, while BT Sport 3's show will also begin at 7pm. When will the matches take place? The first round will take place over the weekend of Friday November 3 to Monday 6 November 2017 Who's in the hat? Sutton United made it to the fifth round of the FA Cup last season Credit: Getty Images Three teams from the eighth tier of English football are among the non-league teams in the hat for the first round. Hyde United, who play in the Northern Premier League, beat Scarborough Athletic on Sunday afternoon to book their place in the competition. Hampton and Richmond, who are coached by Sky Sports commentator Martin Tyler, failed in their bid to reach the FA Cup proper after losing to National League South rivals Truro City. Truro's 2-0 victory over their league rivals means they become the first Cornwal team to reach the FA Cup first round since 1969. Billericay Town, whose current players include Jamie O'Hara, Paul Konchesky and Jermaine Pennant, will also take their place in the draw. FA Cup first round numbers 1 ACCRINGTON STANLEY 2 AFC WIMBLEDON 3 BARNET 4 BLACKBURN ROVERS 5 BLACKPOOL 6 BRADFORD CITY 7 BRISTOL ROVERS 8 BURY 9 CAMBRIDGE UNITED 10 CARLISLE UNITED 11 CHARLTON ATHLETIC 12 CHELTENHAM TOWN 13 CHESTERFIELD 14 COLCHESTER UNITED 15 COVENTRY CITY 16 CRAWLEY TOWN 17 CREWE ALEXANDRA 18 DONCASTER ROVERS 19 EXETER CITY 20 FLEETWOOD TOWN 21 FOREST GREEN ROVERS 22 GILLINGHAM 23 GRIMSBY TOWN 24 LINCOLN CITY 25 LUTON TOWN 26 MANSFIELD TOWN 27 MILTON KEYNES DONS 28 MORECAMBE 29 NEWPORT COUNTY 30 NORTHAMPTON TOWN 31 NOTTS COUNTY 32 OLDHAM ATHLETIC 33 OXFORD UNITED 34 PETERBOROUGH UNITED 35 PLYMOUTH ARGYLE 36 PORT VALE 37 PORTSMOUTH 38 ROCHDALE 39 ROTHERHAM UNITED 40 SCUNTHORPE UNITED 41 SHREWSBURY TOWN 42 SOUTHEND UNITED 43 STEVENAGE 44 SWINDON TOWN 45 WALSALL 46 WIGAN ATHLETIC 47 WYCOMBE WANDERERS 48 YEOVIL TOWN 49 TRANMERE ROVERS 50 SOLIHULL MOORS OR OSSETT TOWN 51 HARTLEPOOL UNITED 52 SHAW LANE ASSOCIATION 53 CHORLEY OR BOSTON UNITED 54 AFC TELFORD UNITED 55 GAINSBOROUGH TRINITY 56 NANTWICH TOWN OR KETTERING TOWN 57 GATESHEAD 58 GUISELEY 59 AFC FYLDE 60 KIDDERMINSTER HARRIERS 61 HYDE UNITED 62 MACCLESFIELD TOWN 63 BRACKLEY TOWN OR BILLERICAY TOWN 64 DAGENHAM & REDBRIDGE OR LEYTON ORIENT 65 HEREFORD 66 ALDERSHOT TOWN 67 BATH CITY OR CHELMSFORD CITY 68 OXFORD CITY 69 MAIDENHEAD UNITED 70 HEYBRIDGE SWIFTS 71 WOKING OR CONCORD RANGERS 72 TRURO CITY 73 DOVER ATHLETIC OR BROMLEY 74 SLOUGH TOWN 75 DARTFORD 76 BOREHAM WOOD 77 MAIDSTONE UNITED OR ENFIELD TOWN 78 LEATHERHEAD 79 SUTTON UNITED 80 EAST THURROCK UNITED OR EBBSFLEET UNITED

The former Australia international will officially begin his first senior gig at the end of the month when his League Two club starts training

Harry Kewell confirmed as Crawley Town manager

Harry Kewell confirmed as Crawley Town manager

Harry Kewell confirmed as Crawley Town manager

Harry Kewell confirmed as Crawley Town manager

Harry Kewell confirmed as Crawley Town manager

The former Liverpool and Leeds United winger will take the next step of his coaching career in England's fourth tier

Harry Kewell confirmed as Crawley Town manager

The former Liverpool and Leeds United winger will take the next step of his coaching career in England's fourth tier

Former Australian football player Harry Kewell has been appointed as the new manager of English fourth-tier club Crawley Town

Former Australian football player Harry Kewell has been appointed as the new manager of English fourth-tier club Crawley Town

Former Australian football player Harry Kewell has been appointed as the new manager of English fourth-tier club Crawley Town

Former Australian football player Harry Kewell has been appointed as the new manager of English fourth-tier club Crawley Town (AFP Photo/SAEED KHAN)

Harry Kewell named new head coach of Crawley Town

Harry Kewell named new head coach of Crawley Town

Harry Kewell named new head coach of Crawley Town

Harry Kewell named new head coach of Crawley Town

Champions League winner Harry Kewell named Crawley Town manager

Champions League winner Harry Kewell named Crawley Town manager

REVEALED: Jose Mourinho Has Used Teenagers More Than Any of Man Utd's Rivals This Season

When Jose Mourinho was presented before the media as Manchester United for the first time last May he ferociously defended his record against a long held criticism of promoting academy players to first-team duty, claiming to have given 49 youngsters their break in his time. He was widely mocked as critics pointed out that number would have included the likes of Lenny Pidgeley and Jimmy Smith at Chelsea, now with Hastings United and Crawley Town respectively. It was a genuine concern of United...

REVEALED: Jose Mourinho Has Used Teenagers More Than Any of Man Utd's Rivals This Season

When Jose Mourinho was presented before the media as Manchester United for the first time last May he ferociously defended his record against a long held criticism of promoting academy players to first-team duty, claiming to have given 49 youngsters their break in his time. He was widely mocked as critics pointed out that number would have included the likes of Lenny Pidgeley and Jimmy Smith at Chelsea, now with Hastings United and Crawley Town respectively. It was a genuine concern of United...

REVEALED: Jose Mourinho Has Used Teenagers More Than Any of Man Utd's Rivals This Season

When Jose Mourinho was presented before the media as Manchester United for the first time last May he ferociously defended his record against a long held criticism of promoting academy players to first-team duty, claiming to have given 49 youngsters their break in his time. He was widely mocked as critics pointed out that number would have included the likes of Lenny Pidgeley and Jimmy Smith at Chelsea, now with Hastings United and Crawley Town respectively. It was a genuine concern of United...

REVEALED: Jose Mourinho Has Used Teenagers More Than Any of Man Utd's Rivals This Season

When Jose Mourinho was presented before the media as Manchester United for the first time last May he ferociously defended his record against a long held criticism of promoting academy players to first-team duty, claiming to have given 49 youngsters their break in his time. He was widely mocked as critics pointed out that number would have included the likes of Lenny Pidgeley and Jimmy Smith at Chelsea, now with Hastings United and Crawley Town respectively. It was a genuine concern of United...

REVEALED: Jose Mourinho Has Used Teenagers More Than Any of Man Utd's Rivals This Season

When Jose Mourinho was presented before the media as Manchester United for the first time last May he ferociously defended his record against a long held criticism of promoting academy players to first-team duty, claiming to have given 49 youngsters their break in his time. He was widely mocked as critics pointed out that number would have included the likes of Lenny Pidgeley and Jimmy Smith at Chelsea, now with Hastings United and Crawley Town respectively. It was a genuine concern of United...

PHOTO: Portsmouth's Christian Burgess Spends Day Off With Local Youth Team

​Portsmouth's Christian Burgess could have sat at home, twiddling his thumbs, doing nothing all day after his side's League Two game against Crawley Town was postponed due to a frozen pitch. There were plenty of other events going on, with Burgess himself saying attending the Women's March on London was an option, but one fan had an even better idea, offering the 25-year-old the chance to help coach a local U12 side. @Burgey44 u12s training at Bransbury Pk at 11 sharp. You can help me coach ]]>😉

PHOTO: Portsmouth's Christian Burgess Spends Day Off With Local Youth Team

​Portsmouth's Christian Burgess could have sat at home, twiddling his thumbs, doing nothing all day after his side's League Two game against Crawley Town was postponed due to a frozen pitch. There were plenty of other events going on, with Burgess himself saying attending the Women's March on London was an option, but one fan had an even better idea, offering the 25-year-old the chance to help coach a local U12 side. @Burgey44 u12s training at Bransbury Pk at 11 sharp. You can help me coach ]]>😉

Football Pair Banned From All Racecourses in Britain After Cheltenham Urine Antics

​Two footballers have been banned from all horse racecourses in the country, after they were photographed appearing to urinate in pint glasses at Cheltenham Festival in March. MK Dons' Samir Carruthers and James Collins, now of Crawley Town, both apologised for their actions after the event, but have been banned from all racecourses in the country by the British Horseracing Authority. League One duo banned from all racecourses for publically urinating at Cheltenham https://t.co/ReWGnkcdfN...

Football Pair Banned From All Racecourses in Britain After Cheltenham Urine Antics

​Two footballers have been banned from all horse racecourses in the country, after they were photographed appearing to urinate in pint glasses at Cheltenham Festival in March. MK Dons' Samir Carruthers and James Collins, now of Crawley Town, both apologised for their actions after the event, but have been banned from all racecourses in the country by the British Horseracing Authority. League One duo banned from all racecourses for publically urinating at Cheltenham https://t.co/ReWGnkcdfN...

Notts County 4 Crawley Town 1: Moniz's men seal comfortable win

Notts County secured their third win of the campaign with a 4-1 League Two victory over Crawley Town on Tuesday.

Manchester United's Bebe is challenged by Crawley Town's Dean Howell during their English FA Cup soccer match at Old Trafford in Manchester

Manchester United's Bebe (R) is challenged by Crawley Town's Dean Howell during their English FA Cup soccer match at Old Trafford in Manchester, northern England February 19, 2011. REUTERS/Phil Noble/Files

Tyrone Barnett of Crawley Town and Matthew Upson of Stoke City fight for the ball during their FA Cup soccer match at Broadfield Stadium in Crawley

Tyrone Barnett (L) of Crawley Town and Matthew Upson of Stoke City fight for the ball during their FA Cup soccer match at Broadfield Stadium in Crawley, southern England, February 19, 2012. REUTERS/Andrew Winning

Crawley Town 0-2 Stoke

Crawley Town 0-2 Stoke

Danny Collins And Ryan Shawcross Of Stoke City Clear From The Goal Line Getty Images

CRAWLEY, WEST SUSSEX - FEBRUARY 19: Danny Collins and Ryan Shawcross of Stoke City clear from the goal line during the FA Cup with Budweiser Fifth Round match between Crawley Town and Stoke City at Broadfield Stadium on February 19, 2012 in Crawley, West Sussex. (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images)

Stoke City's striker Peter Crouch (L) vies with Crawley Town's defender Pablo Mills during their FA Cup fifth round football match against Crawley Town at Broadfield Stadium in Crawley, England on February 19, 2012. RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or "live" services. Online in-match use limited to 45 images, no video emulation. No use in betting, games or single club/league/player publications. (Photo by Glyn Kirk/AFP/Getty Images)